Pro Wpf and Silverlight Mvvm 1st Edition  (English, Paperback, Hall Gary Mclean)

Table Of Contents
Contents at a Glance
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of WPF and Silverlight

• WPF and Silverlight
• XAML
• User Experience vs. User Interface
• Summary

Chapter 2: DataBinding

• The Power of DataBinding with XAML
• Advance DataBinding
• Summary

Chapter 3: Model-View Separation

• Separation of Concerns
• The Model
• The View
• Separation Model from View
• Summary

Chapter 4: The ViewModel

• First ViewModel
• NET Framework Interface and Classes
• Handling Concurrency
• Summary

Chapter 5: Events and Commands

• Events
• Commands
• Summary

Chapter 6: Validation

• The Validation Process
• Binding Validation Rules
• Validation in Silverlight
• Visually Formatting Validation Errors
• Summary

Chapter 7: Unit Testing

• The Importance of Testing
• How to Unit Test
• Summary

Chapter 8: Data Access Layer

• Object-Relational Dichotomy
• DAL Implementations
• Supporting Patterns
• Creating the Data Schema
• Summary

Chapter 9: Application Support

• Serialization
• Extensibility
• Summary

Chapter 10: Sample Application

• Requirements
• Model and Tests
• ViewModel and Tests
• View
• Summary

Index